First Photograph
Nicephord Niep, 1826
Nicephord Niep creates the first photograph.
The Stone Breakers
Courbet, 1834
Courbet paints The Stone Breakers, which is shocking to the general public because it is a painting of mere peasants.
Improved Photographic Technique
Louis De Garre, 1837
Louis De Garre creates an improved photographic technique involving metal.
Pencil of Nature
Fox Talbot, 1838
Fox Talbot writes Pencil of Nature about photography.
Olympia
Manet, 1863
A controversial picture of an everyday girl.
The Garden at St. Adresse
Monet, 1867
The River
Monet, 1868
A painting involving leisure time.
Gare St. Lazare
Manet, 1873
Telephone Invented
1876
Horse Photographs
Muybridge, 1877
Muybridge captures the movement of horses, proving that there is a moment when a horse is running where none of its feet touch the ground.
Old Lazare Station
Monet, 1877
Phonograph Invented
1887
Starry Starry Night
Van Gogh, 1887
Film Projected
Lumiere Brothers, 1895
Radio Invented
1895
Trip to the Moon
Melies, 1902
A popular science fiction short film.
Mount Saint Victory
Cézanne, 1902
Futurist Manifesto
Marinetti, 1909
The Street Lamp
Balla, 1909
Un Chien Andalou
Bunuel and Dali, 1909
A surrealist film.
Riot in the Gallery
Boccioni, 1910
The City Rises
Boccioni, 1910
The Typist
Brogallia, 1911
Ma Jolie
Picasso, 1912
The first collage. Picasso admitted through this peice that his work was affected by his surroundings and culture.
Dog on a Leash
Balla, 1912
Bike and Stool
Du Champ, 1913
A "readymade," a concept similar to that of collage (integrating real life objects with art).
The Unique Forms Of Continuity and Space
Boccioni, 1913
An attempt at sculpting movement.
Winter
Kandinsky, 1914
Zang Tumm Tumm
Marinetti, 1914
An onomatopoeic poem about war.
Vision of the New City
Sant Elia, 1914
Glass Architecture
Scheerbat, 1914
The Black Square
Malevich, 1915
An abstract painting consisting of nothing but a black square.
Cabaret Voltaire
Hugo Ball, Emma Hennings, and other DaDa artists, 1915
Fountain
Du Champ, 1917
A yurenal put on display as art.
Intonarumori
Russolo, 1917
Music through noise.
Soviet Revolution
1917
Overthrow of Czars; Institution of Communism.
De Stijl
1917
The De Stijl movement begins.
Monument to the Third International
Tatlin, 1918
White on White
Malevich, 1918
Bouhaus Founded
1919
The Bouhaus lasted until 1933. The first director was Walter Gropius.
Women Vote
1920
Women are given the power to vote.
Composition with Blue, Yellow, Black, and Red
Mondrian, 1922
Surrealist Manifesto
Andre Breton, 1924
Violin d'Ang
Man Ray, 1924
Self Portraits of Lizitsky
Lizitsky, 1924
Modern Fashion Design
Popova, 1925
Black and White
Man Ray, 1926
The Reporter
Umbo, 1926
A cyborg reporter.
Pressa
Lizitsky, 1928
Propoganda exhibition expressing the power of the press.
Man with a Movie Camera
Vertov, 1929
A documentary.
Tears
Man Ray, 1930
Prayer
Man Ray, 1930
Bouhaus Closed
1933
The Bauhaus is closed by Nazis.
Machine Art
Phillipe Johnson, 1934
Monument to DeSade
Man Ray, 1935
Hurray, the Butter is All Gone
Hausman, 1935
John Heartfield
MOMA: African Artifacts
1939
The first art exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art to consider African artifacts to be art.
Surrealist Installation
Keisler, 1942
A curvey room with sounds and swiveling paintings.
1,000 Miles of String
Du Champ, 1942
Head of a Bull
Picasso, 1943
A readymade with bicycle parts.
Thinking of Diego
Frida Kahlo, 1943
"Rock and Roll" coined
Alan Friedman, 1952
The Family of Man
Steichen, 1955
A photo exhibition which circulated around the globe. Design done by Paul Rudolph.
Painting with Feet
Shiraga, 1956
Composition
Rothko, 1957
Action Spectacle
Klein, 1960
Exploding Plastic Inevitable
Warhol, 1960
Campbell's Soup Cans
Warhol, 1962
Sleep
Warhol, 1963
The Feminine Mystique
Friedan, 1963
Thirteen Most Wanted Men
Warhol, 1964
Brillo
Warhol, 1964
A large display of many Brillo boxes.
National Organization of Women formed
Friedan, 1966
Information
McShine, 1970
A large exhibition in MOMA which invited artists to create small installations.
Women House
Schapiro, 1972
An abandoned building turned into an art house for a short time.
Vertical Roll
Joan Jonas, 1972
Floor Sculpture
Hammond, 1973
A floor rug.
Post Partum Document
Kelly, 1973
A documentation of the artist's child's first five years, until 1978.
Media Burn
Ant Farm, 1975
A video of a car crashing into television sets.
Documenta 6
Nam June Paik, 1977
First satellite feed.
Wonder Woman
Dara Birnbaun, 1979
After Edward Weston
Sherri Levine, 1980
Photographs of Edward Weston's photographs.
You Invest in the Divinity of the Masterpiece
Barbara Krueger, 1982
Funk Lessons
Piper, 1984
Cornered
Piper, 1989
Shut 'em Down
Kroninger, Pellington, and Klahr, 1993
A rap music video pulled off MTV because it mentioned Nike.
Netscape Navigator
Netscape, 1994
A free browser released to the public.
The File Room
Muntadas, 1994
A database of instances of censorship.
